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Wednesday, February 9, 2005 Posted: 4:46 AM EST (0946 GMT)
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MADRID, Spain (CNN) -- A car bomb has exploded outside a convention center on the outskirts of the Spanish capital, Madrid.
CNN's Madrid Bureau Chief Al Goodman said there were no reported fatalities but police said between 10 and 15 people were lightly injured by the blast wave.
Members of the Spanish royal family were to inaugurate a major art show at the Ifema convention center later in the day, Goodman said.
The Basque newspaper Gara said on its Web site it had received a warning about the blast from ETA 35 minutes before the blast, at around 9:30 a.m. (0830 GMT).
Eyewitnesses told CNN ambulances had rushed to the scene following the explosion, outside one of the entrances to the building.
A spokesman for Madrid emergency services told Reuters that at least 10 people were being treated for injuries, although none of them was serious.
A plume of smoke could be been seen rising from the scene of the blast near the convention center, which is in a residential area in the north of the city and near Madrid's airport.
"It looks like, although it is not confirmed, that a car exploded," a spokesman for the Madrid fire department told Reuters.
Newspaper El Pais said on its Web site a destroyed car was seen at the explosion site.
ETA typically issues warnings ahead of bomb attacks. Goodman said the fact that there were only light injuries at the scene suggested police had had time to clear people from the area.
It was possible that police moving to evacuate the public were among the injured, he said.
ETA stands for Euskadi ta Askatasuna, which in the Basque language of Euskara means Basque Homeland and Freedom.
Designated a terrorist group by the United States and the European Union, the group has been blamed for more than 800 deaths since 1968. Around 400 ETA members are in prison.
About 2.5 million Basques live in the Pyrenees mountain region along the border between Spain and France -- where their ancestors have lived for 5,000 years.
Another half million live in France. Separatists want to establish a homeland encompassing the three provinces Spain officially recognizes as Basque plus another Spanish province, Navarra, and part of southern France.
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MADRID, Spain (CNN) -- A car bomb has exploded outside a convention center on the outskirts of the Spanish capital, Madrid.
CNN's Madrid Bureau Chief Al Goodman said there were no reported fatalities but police said between 10 and 15 people were lightly injured by the blast wave.
Members of the Spanish royal family were to inaugurate a major art show at the Ifema convention center later in the day, Goodman said.
The Basque newspaper Gara said on its Web site it had received a warning about the blast from ETA 35 minutes before the blast, at around 9:30 a.m. (0830 GMT).
Eyewitnesses told CNN ambulances had rushed to the scene following the explosion, outside one of the entrances to the building.
A spokesman for Madrid emergency services told Reuters that at least 10 people were being treated for injuries, although none of them was serious.
A plume of smoke could be been seen rising from the scene of the blast near the convention center, which is in a residential area in the north of the city and near Madrid's airport.
"It looks like, although it is not confirmed, that a car exploded," a spokesman for the Madrid fire department told Reuters.
Newspaper El Pais said on its Web site a destroyed car was seen at the explosion site.
ETA typically issues warnings ahead of bomb attacks. Goodman said the fact that there were only light injuries at the scene suggested police had had time to clear people from the area.
It was possible that police moving to evacuate the public were among the injured, he said.
ETA stands for Euskadi ta Askatasuna, which in the Basque language of Euskara means Basque Homeland and Freedom.
Designated a terrorist group by the United States and the European Union, the group has been blamed for more than 800 deaths since 1968. Around 400 ETA members are in prison.
About 2.5 million Basques live in the Pyrenees mountain region along the border between Spain and France -- where their ancestors have lived for 5,000 years.
Another half million live in France. Separatists want to establish a homeland encompassing the three provinces Spain officially recognizes as Basque plus another Spanish province, Navarra, and part of southern France.
